Hat-mirror



(NbModeL) L. H. ERNESTL HAT MIRROR. 7 No. 342,291. Patented May 18,1886.

UNITED STATES PATENT OF ICE.

LUNDBLAD H. ERNEST, OF MOBILE, ALABAMA.

HAT-MIRROR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 342,291, dated May 18,1886.

Application filed August 11, 1885.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LUNDBLAD H. ERNEST, of the city and county ofMobile, in the State of Alabama, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement relating to Hats and Caps, of which the following is aspecification.

I mount in the interior of the top a convex mirror.

My experiments indicate that an oval mirrorsay about two inches long andone and a quarter inch wideis sufficient to give a good view of thewhole face and such parts of the bust as will generally be desired toinspect in such glass.

The following is a description of what Iconsider the best meansofcarrying out theinvention.

The accompanying drawings form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a central vertical section showing a hat with the inventionapplied. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the upper portion of the hat, seenfrom below. Fig. 3 is a vertical section through a portion on a largerscale.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures where they occur.

A is the hat, which may be of any ordinary or suitable construction andform. I have represented it as of the style generally known as 4; D by Bis a small mirror of glass silvered. It is made convex to such a degreethat when the hat is held in the hand and the glass is looked in at aconvenient distance the whole head and throat may be seen at once.

0 is a frame of sheet metal, cut and pressed with dies to convenientlyembrace the glass B. It is provided with prongs c, by which it isreadily engaged with the-hat-tip M.

Serial No. 174,088. (No model.)

The mirror in the hat is protected against any ordinary accident orinjury. It is ready for instant use without any manipulation. It shouldbe convex to such an extent as to allow the entire head and the entirebreast to be seen at once.

Modifications may be made in the details without departing from theprinciple or sacrifieing the advantages of the invention. 1 can useother material, as hard rubber, for the frame 0, and can secure it tothe hat or to the lining by stitching, cement, or other means. The formof the mirror can be changed. A rectangular form will serve well. It isonly essential that the mirror be convex and be suitably secured in theinterior of the hat in such position thatit can be instantly inspectedwithout trouble or delay.

Ordinary flat mirrors have been before introduced in hat-tips. Suchmirrors show so small a portion of the person that they have never comeinto use.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination, with a hat and its tip, ofaconvex mirror, B, secured and held to said tip with its convex facedownward, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with ahat and its tip M, of the convex mirror B,held to the tip M, with its convex face downward by asheetmetal frame,0, having prongs c, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, at Mobile, Alabama,this 3d day of July, 1885, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LUNDBLAD H. ERNEST.

W'ituesses:

HENRY HANAW, J ULIUS Gonns'rnm.

